Detective Fox entered a lavish party where a priceless necklace was stolen from a velvet bust. The lights flickered once. When they came back on, the necklace was gone. Fox lined up the three prime suspects: the chef with flour on his hands, the pianist with ink on his fingers, and the diver with wet hair. Fox arrested the pianist. Why?
The pianist had ink on his fingers, which implies he was handling sheet music or pens, but wait—the pianist would need dry hands or no obvious reason to touch ink during a quick blackout. Actually, let's look closer: ink stains don't fit a pianist mid-concert unless they were forging something, or the pianist's excuse doesn't match the environment.
Pianists use sheet music printed with ink, but the presence of fresh ink during a sudden blackout points to someone tampering with documents or notes in the dark.
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